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Lester Hillbrant

Lester Hillbrant

May 10, 2015

Lester Lee Hillbrant, 86, of Iola, Kansas, died Sunday May 10, 2015, at Homestead of Augusta. Lester was born May 21, 1928, on a farm west of Iola, the son of Ephriam Jasper and Louella Catharine (Foley) Hillbrant. He graduated from Iola High School and Iola Junior College. Lester farmed for several years before operating a tree service business with...

Tena E. Johnson

Tena E. Johnson

May 8, 2015

Tena Evelyn Johnson, age 93 years 2 months 16 days, passed away May 8, 2015 at Golden Heights, Garnett, Kansas. Tena was born February 20, 1922 to John M. and Elizabeth (Craig) Thomas on the family farm three and one half miles northeast of Garnett. Tena was the youngest of five children, and the only daughter. Tena attended grade school...

Max Kenneth Gibb

Max Kenneth Gibb

May 7, 2015

Max Kenneth Gibb, 78, of Paola, Kansas (formerly of Garnett, Kansas and Blue Springs, Mo) passed away at Olathe Hospice House on May 7th, 2015. Max Kenneth Gibb was born on March 30, 1937 in Bates County Missouri to Max Thomas and Grace (Pulliam) Gibb. Max graduated from Garden City High School in 1955. He served in the Army Reserve...

Arlan Scott Hendrix

Arlan Scott Hendrix

May 4, 2015

Scott Hendrix, age 45, of Colony, Kansas passed away on Monday, May 4, 2015. Arlan Scott Hendrix was the youngest of four children born to Ray and Claire (Phillips) Hendrix. Scott was born in Kansas City, Missouri on April 17, 1970. He grew up in Stillwell, Kansas, where he attended Blue Valley schools, graduating from Blue Valley High School in...

Mary Cleaver

Mary Cleaver

May 4, 2015

Mary A. Cleaver, 64, of Iola, Kansas, died Monday, May 4, 2015, at her home. Mary was born Oct. 8, 1950, in Humboldt, Kansas, the daughter of Walter Marion and Lucille Inez (Heimberg) Pollet. The family moved to Iola where she married John C. Cleaver on Oct. 18, 1968. They lived in Iola, Arma, and Moran before moving to Wichita...

Donna Marie Robinson

Donna Marie Robinson

May 3, 2015

Donna Marie Robinson, age 85, of Monterey, California, formerly of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, May 3, 2015. Graveside services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, May 29, 2015, at the Garnett Cemetery in Garnett, Kansas. Condolences may be left at www.feuerbornfuneral.com

Neil W. Holloway

Neil W. Holloway

May 2, 2015

Neil W. Holloway, age 86, of Iola, Kansas, formerly of Lone Elm, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, May 2, 2015, at the Allen County Hospital, Iola, Kansas. He was born April 5, 1929, in Fort Scott, Kansas; the son of Dewey and Maude (Cushing) Holloway. Neil graduated from Kincaid High School in 1947. Neil served in the United States Army...

Stan Scoville

Stan Scoville

May 2, 2015

Stan Scoville, 69, of Iola, Kansas, died Saturday, May 2, 2015, doing what he enjoyed most, riding his bicycle on the Prairie Spirit Trail. Stan was born Sept. 5, 1945, in Lompoc, California, the son of Jess and Lottie (Hudoba) Scoville. He graduated from Iola High School and Pittsburg State University. He served in the U.S. Air Force. After receiving...

Barbara Whitaker-Falconbridge

Barbara Whitaker-Falconbridge

May 2, 2015

Barbara June Whitaker-Falconbridge, was born September 27, 1936 in Kansas City, KS to Eugene and Cecil Whitaker. She passed away Saturday evening, May 2, 2015, surrounded by her loving family and devoted friends. She was 78 years old. During her early years, Barbara, along with her younger brother and parents, traveled the shodeo circuit all across the country, performing trick...

Ivan Powell

Ivan Powell

Apr 29, 2015

Ivan Eugene Powell of 1433 Northwestern, Iola, Kansas, died April 29, 2015 at Allen County Regional Hospital in Iola, Kansas. He was born August 23, 1926 to James (Jim) and Mabel Powell in Carlyle, KS. He served in the Navy during the Korean War from December 1951 to December 1955. His first tour of duty was aboard the USS Rogers...

Marvin Peery

Marvin Peery

Apr 24, 2015

Marvin N. Peery, 73, of Lone Elm, Kansas, passed away Friday, April 24, 2015, at St. Luke's Hospital of Kansas City. Marvin was born August 17, 1941, in Ottawa, Kansas, the son of Charles Kenneth and Irene (Carrier) Peery. He grew up in Lone Elm where he attended grade school and he graduated from Kincaid Rural High School in 1959....

Mya Raelynn Oestreicher

Mya Raelynn Oestreicher

Apr 21, 2015

Mya Raelynn Oestreicher passed away peacefully in her parent's arms on April 21, 2015 at Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. She was born April 16, 2015 at Olathe, Kansas, the daughter of Tyler and Lori (Murphy) Oestreicher. During her brief visit on earth, she inspired many, showed her joy through lots of smiles, and was told by many...

Elizabeth Compton

Elizabeth Compton

Apr 21, 2015

Marie Elizabeth (Neuenswander) Compton passed away on April 21, 2015 at the age of 96. She was born in Alba, Missouri to Rev. Irvin Leo and Bethany Emma (Swartz) Neuenswander on April 19, 1919. She was the oldest of twelve children. Her father was a Methodist preacher, so for many years their family moved every three years to many small...

Cletus Neville

Cletus Neville

Apr 19, 2015

Cletus J. Neville, 88, of rural Neosho Falls, Kansas, died Sunday, April 19, 2015, at the Allen County Regional Hospital in Iola. Cletus was born December 15, 1926, in Wichita, Kansas, the son of Edward and Ella (Jansen) Neville. He was a lifelong farmer starting out on the family farm west of Wichita. On May 26, 1948, Cletus married Patricia...

Bessie Leonard

Bessie Leonard

Apr 19, 2015

Bessie (Hay) Leonard, 94, of Humboldt, passed away Sunday, April 19, 2015 at Neosho Regional Memorial Hospital. She was born August 11, 1920 in Chanute, Kansas, the daughter of Harry and Bessie (Brownrigg) Hay. The family grew up in Neosho and Woodson counties. She attended Owl Creek Country School in Woodson County and was a graduate of Humboldt High School...

Agnes C. Sunderland

Agnes C. Sunderland

Apr 19, 2015

Agnes Cecilia Sunderland, age 88, of Greeley, Kansas, passed away, Sunday, April 19, 2015, at Golden Heights, Garnett, Kansas. She was born on November 21, 1926, near Independence, Kansas, the daughter of John and Mary (Lehrke) Dalsing. Agnes attended schools in Independence, until the family moved to Greeley when she was 13. She then attended and graduated from St. John's...

Helen M Miller

Helen M Miller

Apr 18, 2015

Helen Marie Miller, age 90, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, April 18, 2015, at Garnett. She was born November 20, 1924, at Greeley, Kansas. Helen was the second child and the first daughter of ten children born to William Joseph and Essie Josephine Raitinger Lickteig. She grew up in the Greeley area, where she attended St. John's School...

Lloyd Riebel

Lloyd Riebel

Apr 17, 2015

Lloyd Martin Riebel, 65, of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, April 17, 2015, at Iola Nursing Center. Lloyd was born January 15, 1950, in Iola, the son of Edward Martin and Eleanor Edith (Weber) Riebel. He grew up in Iola and worked through Tri-Valley at various businesses in the area over the years. Lloyd participated in Special Olympics and won a...

Irene A. Gellhaus

Irene A. Gellhaus

Apr 14, 2015

Irene Anna Gellhaus, age 89, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, April 14, 2015, at Golden Heights, Garnett. She was born March 20, 1926 in Iola, Kansas, the daughter of Oscar and Rose (Hochstetter) Setter. Irene graduated from Greeley High School. Irene married Joseph C. Gellhaus on June 25, 1946, at Greeley, Kansas. This union was blessed with three...

Arthur Junior Kyser

Arthur Junior Kyser

Apr 13, 2015

Arthur Junior Kyser of Elsmore, Kansas, passed away on Monday, April 13, 2015 at Prairie Mission Retirement Home in St. Paul, Kansas. He was born April 25, 1928, at Savonburg, Kansas to Arthur E. and Florence (Hawkins) Kyser. He graduated from Hepler Rural High School in 1946. Arthur married Anna Nadine Tippie on September 18, 1949, in Elsmore, Kansas. They...

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